Want help with your academic writing or motivation to beat your writer's block? These five writing advice books, written by authors outside medicine or the sciences, might be right for you. Their advice covers everything from grammar and writing mechanics to philosophy and joy.

(I have no affiliation with the authors nor do I benefit from book sales, I just love these books.)

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Book titles and links can be found below.

00:00 Introduction
0:52 Writing tools
01:52 About writing
02:58 Bird by bird
03:58 Zen in the art of writing
04:57 How to write short
06:12 Conclusion

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The writing books:

Writing Tools: 55 Essential Strategies for Every Writer
by Roy Peter Clark
https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Tools-Essential-Strategies-Writer/dp/0316014990

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
by Stephen King
https://www.amazon.com/Writing-10th-Anniversary-Memoir-Craft/dp/1439156816

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Living
by Anne Lamott
https://www.amazon.com/Bird-Some-Instructions-Writing-Life/dp/0385480016/refsr_1_1?cridSJX66JHCAZNK&keywordsbirdbybird&qid1666980384&queyJxc2MiOiIxLjc0IiwicXNhIjoiMS4zMyIsInFzcCI6IjEuNDY ifQ% 3D%3D&sbooks&sprefixbirdbybird%2Ccomics%2C106&sr1-1

Zen in the art of writing
by Ray Bradbury
https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Art-Writing-Releasing-Creative/dp/0553296345

How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times
by Roy Peter Clark
https://www.amazon.com/How-Write-Short-Craft-Times/dp/0316204358

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